Parent advocates for students with disabilities and the non-profit NYCSBUS are working with ATU local 1181 to publicize Possible staff changes on some school bus routes this winter, so that families and schools can prepare students to cope with the transition.

Drivers who do choose a new route, will move to that route on January 23, 2023. Attendants will stay in place to get the new drivers acquainted with the route and riders for a week. Attendants who change routes will move on January 30, 2023.

Materials here are from the NYCDOE District 75 Office of Travel Training

In the presentation by program Director David Abraham at the December 2022 meeting of the Citywide Council on Special Education, we learned more about this program to help students with an IEP walk and/or use mass transit between home and school independently and safely.

La traducción al español sigue

Each time the bus route makes your student late to school,

doesn’t show up, or vehicle is unsafe, follow these steps

Statement by PIST from July 2022 with links to coverage, state investigation, local law, how to complain & why that is difficult, past protests, age of NYC school buses.

How to request that your child be transported to a site other than home when school is dismissed every day. Priority deadline was July 22 but try as soon as you know the address.

The expectation is that school bus routes should be posted by Monday August 29. Please read more advice here.

La expectativa es que las rutas de los autobuses escolares se publiquen antes del lunes 29 de agosto. Lea más consejos aquí.

How to get bus service / accommodations on the IEP

What to do when the bus takes much longer or doesn’t show up